document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1106849>Question 1106849</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Solve for x. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A right triangle is shown where the angle between the hypotenuse, of length x units, and a leg, of length eighteen units, is fifty degrees. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "we know that cosine of 50=18/x, using the adjacent leg<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=18/cos 50=28.00  ANSWER<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other leg^2 is 28^2-18^2=784-324=460 and the leg is 21.44<BR>\n" );
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